Those of you who have been on this site before know I love my puzzles. I’ve been creating Magic Square Puzzles for over a decade. They are truly great for ALL types of learners! Today I want to dive into my puzzles a bit more and share ideas of how you can extend the learning with puzzles. So let’s get…
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Agriculture Reading Activities for the Upper Elementary Classroom
Have you ever heard the joke about chocolate milk coming from brown cows? Growing up and always living in rural South Dakota, I would laugh when I heard it. Then I traveled a bit and realized some people truly believe that or other types of ag myths. I wanted to find a way to help educate students, so these agriculture…
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Social Emotional Learning in the Elementary Classroom
If you had told me a decade ago that I would have have been writing about social emotional learning in the elementary classroom, I would have had two main thoughts – And then I had kids of my own. I really started to pay attention to how they “ticked”. I saw that my methods of parenting were ok, but not…
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Financial Literacy Activities for Kids
If you’re looking for financial literacy activities for kids, you’ve found them! These editable worksheets ensure you can teach math skills AND financial literacy for 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students. We give you the basic questions to start, and then you can extend the learning with the editable options or through more directed teaching to ensure all your…
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Real Life Math Activities
If you are on the lookout for real life math activities, you’re going to love the various projects below. Most with differentiated and editable options ensure you can switch up the math and extend the learning to match your individual students from 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade. But before we dive into what these are all about, I’ve love…
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